Indiana, Warrick

Winter Storm Warning

The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a Winter StormWarning for snow... sleet... and freezing rain which is in effectfrom 6 am Wednesday to 6 am CST Thursday. The Winter Storm Watchis no longer in effect.

* Timing: rain should begin changing over to freezing rain... sleet and snow from northwest to southeast starting early Wednesday morning. The changeover to snow will progress southeastward throughout the day. The changeover to sleet and snow is not expected to occur until Wednesday afternoon generally south and east of the Ohio River. The snow will then taper off from northwest to southeast Wednesday night.

* Main impact: by early Thursday morning... snowfall totals are expected to range from four to six inches generally north and west of a line from Mount Carmel Illinois to Perryville to Van Buren to Doniphan Missouri. South and east of that line six to eight inches are possible. An eight to ten inch swath of snowfall is possible generally twenty-five miles either side of a line from New Madrid Missouri to Calhoun Kentucky. As much as one inch of sleet may fall prior to the snow... particularly across western Kentucky and far southeast Missouri.

* Other impacts: this much snow and sleet will produce treacherous conditions and cause significant travel issues across the region. Isolated power outages will also be possible. Confidence is high in the outcome of this storm system so make preparations now. Stay tuned for updates and possible adjustments to snowfall totals.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

A Winter Storm Warning means significant amounts of snow... sleet... and ice are expected or occurring. Strong winds are alsopossible. This will make travel very hazardous or impossible.

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Special Statement

Statement as of 2:16 PM CST on March 03, 2015

Expires 8:00 PM EST on March 03, 2015

... Locally dense fog will continue through sunset...

Those of you traveling through the quad state region will continueto experience rapid changes in visibility due to fog for the restof this afternoon.

Warm and breezy southerly winds are bringing above normaltemperatures to the region this afternoon. This warm air is movingover cold air just above the ground. This is causing the air nearthe surface to become quite saturated... leading to the developmentof fog.

This fog will be locally dense at times and may vary rapidly fromone location to another.

Be prepared for rapid changes in visibility while you are drivingon roadways. Make sure that you keep your headlights on... signalyour intentions well ahead of time... and leave enough room betweenyourself and other drivers on the Road.

This area of fog will gradually move northward during theafternoon... spreading from a Bloomfield Missouri... Paducah andHenderson Kentucky line as of 2 PM CST... northward near aPerryville Missouri... Harrisburg Illinois Evansville Indiana linebefore dusk.

As rain continues to overspread the region... visibilities due tothe fog will improve. Drivers will then need to be watchful forponding of water on roadways and low lying areas.

Should the fog become more widespread and dense through theafternoon and evening... a dense fog advisory may be required.